The Half Past Fix: 3.30pm
Every hour – on the half hour – TheJournal.ie brings you your fix of election tallies, predictions and results. Here’s how the winners and losers of GE11 are playing out so far.
View ArticleKerry TDs, Flanagan and McGrath back McGuinness but who’s supporting Norris?
Sinn Féin’s candidate has the numbers to be on the ballot paper but David Norris faces a battle to secure enough support. We crunch the numbers on who is backing who.
View ArticleAs Dana and Norris’s presidential hopes fade, who’s supporting who?
David Norris would appear to have the best chance of being on the ballot paper but he faces an uphill task. We crunch the numbers to find out who independent TDs and Senators are supporting.
View ArticleOver €7m spent on consultants since government took office
Figures disclosed in parliamentary questions last week reveal the expenditure on consultancy services by the government since last year.
View ArticleTechnical Group colleagues condemn Wallace but won’t call on him to resign
Independent TDs and the United Left Alliance have criticised the Wallace after he admitted evading VAT.
View ArticleWallace may face Dáil censure – and could lose seat after court action
The Wexford TD could either face bankruptcy action or a criminal prosecution – both of which would see him quit the Dáil.
View ArticleWhere were the 38 TDs who didn’t vote on the abortion bill?
A TV interview, planting a tree, “official business” and committee work in Mozambique are among the reasons for some TDs not voting on last night’s abortion bill.
View ArticleRevealed: The three independent TDs voting against abortion proposals
Responding to queries from TheJournal.ie this week, seven independent TDs confirmed their support for the bill with five still undecided.
View ArticleWant to work for these TDs? Technical Group seeks assistant for ‘tricky job’
A “tricky job” with “crazy hours” is how the position of parliamentary coordinator with the Dáíl Technical Group is being described.
View ArticleDepartment of Foreign Affairs confirm death of former Kerry GAA player
Ray Prendiville was shot and killed in Namibia on Friday.
View ArticleTánaiste: Assisted suicide is a topic we should address as human beings, as...
Eamon Gilmore has said that the issue of assisted suicide should be addressed in response to questions in the Dáil this morning.
View Article‘It’s odious debt’: Dáil to debate ‘burning the bondholders’ tonight and...
The government will almost certainly oppose the motion and ensure that it does not pass when a vote is held tomorrow night.
View Article16 TDs want a meeting with RTÉ because they’re being treated ‘very unfairly’
Members of the Dáil’s Technical Group claim that the national broadcaster is unfairly excluding them from a Prime Time panel. RTÉ argues that independents are not a political party and represent...
View ArticleThis Fine Gael senator could defect to the new Independent Alliance
Martin Conway could be the new alliance of independent TDs’ latest recruit.
View ArticleMicheál Martin tells Enda: ‘You’ve put a price on people’s lives’
Soliris, which costs €400,000 per patient per year, is not available in Ireland.
View ArticleShane Ross (and others) will FINALLY launch the party that’s not a party next...
They’re calling it an ‘alliance of independents’.
View ArticleShane Ross won’t be specific but wants to ‘look after women’…
… and do loads of other stuff, like revive rural Ireland.
View ArticlePoliticians who own pubs tell us what has gone wrong for rural Ireland
Owning a pub and being in Leinster House – seeing the demise of rural Ireland from the outside and the inside.
View ArticleThe launch of a ‘radical but responsible’ political alliance didn’t quite go...
Things got a bit awkward for Shane Ross and co on the Leinster House plinth this morning.
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